| 单词 | combustible |
| 释义 | combustible (once / 3716 pages) adjn Combustible means "able to catch fire," like matches or the extremely dry forest floors that people sometimes forget are combustible — until they go up in flames. When the adjective combustible first entered the English language in the sixteenth century, it was used to describe things that burn easily. The word soon came to apply not only to objects that ignite but also to tempers that are prone to "catch fire" easily. If you’ve ever been around a person who has a combustible temper, you can understand the connection. WORD FAMILYcombustible: combustibility, combustibleness, combustibles, combustibly, incombustible, noncombustible+/combust: combusted, combustible, combusting, combustion, combustive, combusts/combustion: combustions USAGE EXAMPLESThe fire’s cause, according to the department, was combustibles placed too close to a natural gas fireplace. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) The Woburn, Mass., company is working on “solid” lithium polymer batteries that greatly reduce their combustible nature. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) Just another layer to add to a combustible mix on a day designed to celebrate peace and joy. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1adj capable of igniting and burning Syn|Ant burnable, ignitable, ignitible capable of burning comburant, comburent, combustivesupporting combustion flammable, inflammableeasily ignited ignescentcan emit sparks or burst into flame incendiarycapable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily incombustible, noncombustible not capable of igniting and burning fireproofimpervious to damage by fire fire-resistant, fire-resisting, fire-resistive, fire-retardantdifficult to burn flame-retardant, flameproofresistant to catching fire nonflammableimpossible to ignite 2n a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power Syn|Hyper combustible material fuel a substance that can be consumed to produce energy |
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